Category Archives: holiness

Journal of a Grape

I shared this with the body a while back, and I believe I said I’d post it to my blog — but of course I forgot. So . . . I happened to think of it just now. It’s the … Continue reading

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It is Your Prayerlessness

God has been speaking to me about prayer lately. It seems that I move from one obsession to another with Him, and for the last several weeks, it’s been prayer. My friend Rachel is blogging about the same subject at … Continue reading

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Discovery Bible Study: What I Discovered!

Since I’ve been posting about the discovery bible study method, I thought I’d share the results of my study on Colossians 1:9-12. I was asking God about prayer. I know how to talk to God and listen to Him, but … Continue reading

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What Does God Want? (Part 1)

How do we know what God wants? What did He have in mind when He created the heavens and the earth? Genesis 1:1 only goes back to the beginning, and we want to know what was on God’s mind before … Continue reading

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What and Why is Worship?

A little interlude from my current series of posts: The little gathering of believers to which I belong has been discussing worship. What is it? How do we more consistently enter into it? Why do we need to do it? … Continue reading

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Not A Mixture

I am that which you know to be right and true and beautiful. My way is not a mixture — you know I hate a mixture — everything must be what it is, not what some other thing is . … Continue reading

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Philippians 2:1-18 (part 3)

Here’s the passage: So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God who … Continue reading

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What is In Christ?

Paul speaks the words “in Christ” a multitude of times in his New Testament writings. Our little group of brothers and sisters is planning to discuss this subject this week, and I’ve been asking God about it. To start out … Continue reading

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Forget the Law!

So many people just want to know what God requires of us so they can do it. They want the list. “Show me what I should and shouldn’t do and I’ll do it, okay? Is that so hard?” The same … Continue reading

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The Garden of the Heart

  As I sat down to meditate on Jesus and see what He might say to me, I saw in my mind a beautiful pink and white blossomed tree. Quickly I realized it was not a single tree, but an … Continue reading

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